The Sun. — London, England, 1836-10-07 00:00:00

4 - \ l l tin r ci TT AT r /VAT 1 rlk AT riltrirT cf nA xr nit - % ID - n T 1 g 1422 a N N...,, '~..~ THE SUN, LONDON,FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1836 IRELAND. DUBLIN, OCT. 5. TRADES' UNION.—At the meeting of this body last night, a scene took place, in which Mr. Reynolds played a part which gave offence to the members generally. One gentleman, Mr. Haynes, in allusion to the confusion and uproar excited by Mr. Reynolds's interruption of the pro ceedings of the meeting, said, " He would not , be put down by the Tom-foolery of a drunken opponent. CENTRAL CLUB.—An extraordinary general meeting of this body was held on Monday ; Dr. Harken in the Chair. Mr. Kertland read the minutes of the last meeting, and an account of the income and outlay of the club, by which it appeared that the funds in hand only amounted to 601., while they were in debt a large sum for rent and advertise ments, and also a portion of the secretary's salary. Mr. Kertland read the requisition, which announced that the business of the meeting would be to c ons id er a report pre pared by the managing committee, to receive the resignation of Mr. Kertland, the secretary, and t o di spose o f some notices affecting the existence of the club, and as a conse quence the prospects of the city. Af ter a long and not a little noisy discussion, some resolutions were brought for ward, and the meeting then separated. DINNER TO LORD DI LLON.— O n Monday last, the friends and admirers of Lord Dillon gave that nobleman a very elegant dinner at the Court-house in Ballaghaderreen. The Chair was taken by Charles J. M'Dermott, Prince of Coolavin ; Joseph A. Macdonnell, Esq., acted as Vice- President. The usual p re li m i nary toasts h av i ng b een pro posed, the Chairman said—This is a glorious spectacle—a hallowed scene —an honest people pouring forth the tide of their gratitude to th e i r f r i en d , a P rotestant no bl eman, who hasidentified himself with the cause of truth and righte ousness.—(Loud c h eers.) The compliment—the deserved compliment, we are now paying my Lord Dillon, is not a local one—it is not confined to a few individuals—we are the representatives of millions. By one act, one wise and just act, his Lordship has endeared himself to the hearts of Irishmen, and reached the pinnacle of fame. A great confederation has been formed to redress the wrongs of Ireland, to procure for us corporate rights and crush cor porate abuses. Foremost in that confederation stands the name of Lord Dillon. Gentlemen, fill a bumper—l give you, with nine times nine, " The health of our Noble guest." His Lordship said—l have certainly one claim on you which no other member of my family, for a century back, has had—l am an Irishman.—(Loud and long-conti nued cheering.) I was born, and I esteem it as one of my proudest boasts, in the beautiful metropolis of your own -beautiful country. This is all the claim I have on you ; I will, however, give you a pledge—l will promise to main tain the rights of Irishmen.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, this is my maiden speech —my first entrance into public life ; I am like the modest virgin, blushing at the hymeneal altar. I feel that I am standing on the altar of my country, and about to register sacred vows.—(Hear, and cheers.) I may say lam but just yoked. lam for the abolition of the Tithe system—(Enthusiastic cheers)—for its utter extinc tion ; but certainly I think it but common justice to com pensate the existing tithe proprietors ; and I am sure you all agree with me on this point.—(Hear, hear.) Gentle men, I have done. Believe me I thank you for your kind ness towards me ; and I assure you it shall not be for gotten, and, I trust, not undeserved by me. His Lordship concluded amidst loud cheers. The Chairman then gave The Melbourne Ministry." Tune—" Garryowen." Several other toasts were given during the evening, and the festivities were kept up to a late hour. THE GAMBLING-HOUSES.—In reference to the Hells, against which the Freeman. daily raises its voice, that ,Journal, whilst giving to the late Lord Mayor much well deserved praise for what he did during his Mayoralty, does not acquit him of whatever blame may attach to suffering the harpies of play to plunder the unwary with impunity. The house of Alderman Morrisson," says our contempo rary, " may be said to be surrounded with dens of infamy and swindlinff. There is one not twelve yards from his hall door—there is another not twenty yards from the rear of his house. Fortunes have been lost—families have been ruined—and more misery created under the very nose of the Lord Mayor than in the remainder of the city beside. In fact, if the hells to which we allude had been taken under the immediate protection of the civic authorities, they could not be in a more fatally flourishing condition than they are at this moment. Our object now is not to condemn the late Lord Mayor for what he has left undone, but to direct the attention of the present Chief Magistrate to the duties which he has to perform. If he courts applause—as every worthy man must—for the honest discharge of his duty— for the suppression of infamy and swindling, for the benefit of his fellow-citizens, and the enforcement of morality, he will at once di rec t th e p owers w hi c h t h e l aw h as g i ven hi m against the hells of Dublin." We suspect that gambling houses exist in Dublin as in London, simply because they are too strong for the existing law. If the Lord Mayor had possessed the power of putting them down, no doub he would have exercised it. Mr. Bell and Mr. Prendergast are both spoken of by the Pilot in terms which those gentlemen cannot conceive very flattering. Of the latter the Pilot says, " When editor of the Freeman he foully and falsely assailed us—we hold the man in no personal estimation, either for talent or anything else." The terms in which Mr. Prendergast denounced Mr. Bell are then defended by the Pilot, as giving a just description of the character of the latter gentleman's conduct in bring ing forward the charge against Mr. O'Connell relative to the Factory Bill, after which the journal in question thus concludes :—" We do not arraign the moral personal cha racter of either this Scotch Bell or an F. O'Connor ; but we say that the latest device of the Tories is to divide the Reformers through dishonest or crack-brained Radicals. These men may not have been paid the price, but they are certainly delivering the goods—if they are not suborned, they are doing Tory business as well as if they were." Without entering into the merits of the personal part of this question, we are free to avow our concurrence with the opinion of our contemporary as to the effect of this kind of criminatory impracticableness. We desire to see an end to the miserable squabbles which, like a plague, have been spreading wide their baneful influence. We would also wish to witness no more unbecoming personalities —no dirt throwing—" no duels with rotten eggs." PROTESTANT CONFEDERATION.—Th e anniversary of the Protestant Reformation in England, afforded the noto rious Johnny M'Crea an opportunity to pour forth a stream of bigoted inanities, the nature of which may be inferred from the following passage :—" The con gregation of the Methodist meeting-house was also at tacked by those cowards, and who do you think the ruffians were ? Why, they were a parcel of fellows after coming out of the Popish house of worship, and who were jest after devouring the body and blood, soul and divinity of the Lord Jesus Christ. We are the strongest and most extensive body that ever confederated together for the defence of Protestant principles since the days of the Scotch Cameronians. No Popery' is our grand ob ject. Next to the devil I hate Popery.—(Loud and deafening cheers.) It is hard to say which of them I hate most." A Mr. Nolan seemed to be animated by a spirit of sectarian rivalry. Among other specimens of this pseudo priest's rhodornontade, this bigot said, " If he would but retract two words, he would be at the highest pinnacle of the Catholic Church ; but I have a soul to be saved, and I considered I would be ruining that soul if I remained any longer a Catholic clergyman." they were too idle to work ; the pay of the deserting poor being still continued to them, and in about one hundred instances having been actually increased. " That notwithstanding the diminution in the number of out-of-door paupers, the number of inmates in the Union Workhouses is rather less than the total number in the workhouses of the respective parishes prior to the forma tion of the Union ; for although greater attention has been paid to cleanliness, ventilation, and every reasonable com fort, yet the new system not permitting the use of intoxi cating liquors, or the privilege of going out at pleasure, which privilege was commo n ly a b use d by th e ir begging in the streets, all those who have no relish for sobriety and decorum have departed. " That in various parts of the Union there are favour able symptoms of returning industry and good conduct, even amongst those who formerly appeared to be incorri gible ; and during the last three months, the unprecedented number of fifty-three persons have enrolled themselves members of that excellent institution, the Bath Friendly Society. " That the Board reflect with pleasure upon the grand moral effects now producing upon the habits of the work ing classes, in the change from idleness and improvidence to industry and forethought, and especially when they con sider that, in the partial evils which must attend every general good, the worst that can happen is the offer of a workhouse, where a comfortable maintenance is provided, the aid of able medical men, the spiritual superintendence of a chaplain, and the unremitting attentions of a school master and schoolmistress to the children. " That it is with feelings of honest pleasure that the Board look forward to the speedy diminution of the pa rochial burdens hitherto so oppressive to the rate-payers, for the non-payment of which so many persons were annually summoned before the magistrates, their goods seized, and themselves reduced to poverty. " That this Board cannot adequately express their sense of the great advantage they derive from the guidance and control of the Central Board in London : the privilege of consulting the Commissioners in all cases of difficulty, and of referring to their authority when there exists a dif ference of opinion amongst themselves, has been found to be one of the greatest conferred upon them by the new system. " That not only by offload correspondence have the Board derived advantages from the concentrated intelligence and enlarged experience possessed by the Commissioners, but also by the frequent presence of an Assistant Commis sioner, who with the greatest urbanity has answered ques tions put to him by the Board, explained doubtful points of the law, and given most valuable advice on whatever mea sures were in contemplation. " That whilst a large discretionary power is vested in the board of guardians in deciding the cases of paupers and in electing officers, the general rules issued by the Commis. sinners, and their sanction of the persons and salaries of the officers, afford a well devised safe-guard against the igno rance and inexperience of the guardians themselves. " That the authority of the Central Board can alone secure uniformity of proceedins , in the various districts of the kingdom, and pr even t that discontent which inevitably arises amongst the poor of a well-regulated parish when the management of the poor in a neighbouring parish is at variance with sound principles. " That to the same authority the Board refers the free dom the parishes of the Union have enjoyed from all forced and opprobrious marriages, and from those oppressive charges made by distant parishes, formerly so common. " That in all delicate matters connected with the con duct or character of any of the officers of the Union, the Board do not merely appreciate the weight that must ever attach to the judgment of persons holding such vast public responsibility, hut they recognise in the Central Board the only tribunal of appeal that is divested of local interests and party passions. " That it would not have occurred to the Board to make the present declaration of their sentiments had they not seen in some of the London papers reports of speeches de livered at public meetings convened for the purpose of addressing the Secretary of State against the new poor-law, some•of which speeches, purporting to come from guardians of unions, contain statements utterly at variance with fact and sound principle. " That as the danger attendant upon such mischievous declarations arises entirely from the lamentable ignorance of the people as to the true nature and intent of the new poor-law, and of the real character and conduct of its chief functionaries, the Commissioners, this Board deem it their bounden duty to counteract the evil, as far as the weight of their testimony may have influence, by this expression of their sentiments, and by asserting the deep conviction of their minds that the new poor-law, under the judicious su perintendence of the Commissioners, will promote prudent and moral habits amongst the working classes, and the prosperity of all. Signed and sealed, by order of the Board, " C. BROWN, Clerk THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY). CORN EXCHANGE. In consequence of the boisterous state of the weather, the arrival of all kinds of Grain this week have been small. The Wheat trade remains firm at Monday's prices. Barley, Beans, and Pease are unaltered. The factors demand a considerable advance on the prices of Oats, but the buyers do not comply. I❑ the Flour trade there has been a fair business transacted at former prices, ARRIVALS. Wheat. f Barley. English Irish - Foreign - Oats. I Flour. SO qrs 2,710 vital 3,110 _ THE NEW POOR-LAW. (From th Heed Journal.) We learn that in consequence of those meetings, meetings held in a London, and the speeches made meetings, many of the boards of guardians have taken steps to express th e i r the dissent both from the statements and reasonings of the principal speakers on those occasions, and have expressed their determination to give their support t o the as de clared by the Parliament , and as administered by the Com missioners. The board of guardians of the Weymouth Union took the lead in this course. The following address from the board of guardians of the Bath Union, Lawn up by the able Chairman, th e R ev Mr. Spencer, is perhaps the most comprehensive, and we therefore give it insertion. But it appears on reference to the official lists that the metropolitan guardians alluded to are not guardians of unions of parishes, but of single pa rishes which have been placed under boards of guardians. In these places, as the guardians were nearly the same as the old officers, and the parochial paid officers the same, their habits, it might be expected, would undergo but little change, and would not readily conform to the new system. The opposition raised in those places has been so plainly factious, and is so confined in its character, that we are in formed that a large proportion of the guardians in our own vicinity consider it unworthy of any notice. BATA UNION. Moved, seconded, and carried unanimously that the fol lowing address be forwarded to the Right Honourable Lord John Russell, Secretary of State for the Home Depart ment : " That this Board regard with peculiar satisfaction the working of the new poor-law in the Bath Union, and anti cipate the most beneficial results to the community at large, and especially to the poor them se l ves. " That when the Bath Union was incorporated, there were in its various parishes 1, 758 paupers (heads of fami lies) receiving out-of-door relief ; this number is now re duced to 875 ; the annual payment t o t h e out-of-door paupers was 10,811/. ; it is now reduced t o 5,3601. ; the sum paid for 100 illegitimate children in the p ar i s h of Wal eot was 4)0/0- i yfar ; there snow not a single instance of o ut-okkoy alloOdne6for illegitimate children in th e whole -. Y . •.K That this i(e.Juetio has not been accomplished by cans * gijOseiiing persons to 'Wier any privation, but by offering 0 istriltptise to thbse , paupers of whom there was reason t selleye that 'they - had lieen receiving pay merely because it\,,.... .VA NENVGATE AND LEA At per stone, 1 s. d. tog. d DENHALL MARKETS. by the Carcass. ~ inferior 2 2 2 4 Mutton, inferior ....... middling ...... ..., 2 0 210 middling -- prime large prime small '1 4 3 6 Pork, large Veal 3lO 4 8 —small Beef s d to s d. 22 2 6 210 2 2 34 3 ? 34 4 o 44 4 8 ISLINGTON CATTLE MARKET. This day's supply consisted of 76 Beasts, 692 Sheep and Lambs, and 4 Calves. The trade was dull throughout at the following prices per stone of 81b. sinking the offals : Beef 3s. 2d. to 4s. 2d. Veal 4 s . 4d. t o 4 s. 1 0 d . I Mutton 3 4 4 4 Pork 0 0 0 0 COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK. Wheat. i Barley. I Oats. Beans. Pease. ---- Per Quarter. a. to s. Is. s. s. too s. s. to s. S. to s Blandford - . 51 59 35 —26— 44 Brigg 4B 54 32 34 18 25 38 40 -- Cambridge. — 45 37 21 38 36 Chard 46 52 30 36 20 24 44 48 32 36 Huntingdon 46 54 31 36 22 25 36 40 Long Sutton—. 28 38 16 20 30 34 Louth 45 53 28 33 20 25 37 42 Lynn 32 38 22 31 16 20 30 32 32 214 Newark 43 50 35 39 19 26 43 45 36 Nottingham 34 39 28 31 19 28 35 42 Peterborough —.. 40 49 34 38 16 22 30 42 Plymouth 40 50 30 34 20 23 67 43 27 43 Sleaford 65 70 36 38 22 28 41 43 Uppingham 43 48 24 30 18 28 32 44 Wisbech -- 33 42 20 30 32 DEVIZES CORN MARKET. —Oct. 5 Per Sack. s. d. s. d. Per Quarter. 1. d. s. d. First Wheat 26 0 to 27 0 Barley 35 0 to 42 0 Second 23 0 2.5 0 Oats va 11 .. Per Sack. First Wheat Second Third s 1718 Sacks of WI at the average , EVIZES CORN s. d. s. d. 26 0 to 27 0 23 0 2.5 0 ~ 20 0 21 0 rheat sold] 24 0 7e of Per Quarts Barley Oats Beans (per sac Flour (per bap Bread (per gal s. d. s. d. .......35 0 to 42 0 ...24 0 29 0 -k)...20 0 24 0 0..... 36 0 38 0 11.)... 1 2 0 LEEDS CORN MARKET.— Oct. 4 . _________ Wheat, Norfolk and Suffolk, 601 b. - York. and Lincoln. 60Ib. Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Grinding Beans Oats, l'otatoe —Mealing, For. —d. to—d Eng. 12d. to 13d. per stone. Shelling 27s. to 295. per load. Rapeseed, English, 341. to 361 Foreign, —4. to —l. per last. LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE.—Oct. 4. WHEAT, English, White, per 701 b. ----- Red 7 ---Scotch, Welch, and Manx ----- Irish, White 6 10 ------- Red 6 4 ----- Foreign O ATS, English, Welsh, and Scotch, per 451 b 3 3 ---- Irish _---- Foreign 0 0 nsaLay, English, Malting, per Imp. quarter 36 0 B Ars, English ,: per Imperial quarter -----. Scotch and Irish, per 601bs. .................. _ E Feeding 4 2 - Irish 42 0 Foreign c ' English, PEASE, English, r ,„. , 4l 0 --- Foreign ?"`"lnPerial quarter 42 0 FLOUR, 4;•:;A.,... Irish ...... ''ult) * 4O 0 OATMEAL, Englim; and in. . h 36 0 I NDI AN CORM, per 4 , 101 b, , P" 24 0 1bs 26 0 Rye, per Imperial quart er .. 3B U MALT, per Imperial 32 0 I t s quarter OR GRAIN f :;......................... 52 0 the Week ending Oct. 3. I Barley Flour. Qrs. Foreign. g W Q /i r e , a . r. O u a r t , s . . 311 1086 rls.l Irish , &c. Scks I 7,537 6,996 7,057 Oatmeal. Loadi 3,431 1:4,1 1 %E r de was stun. at the following pricts Tke7s(!ctO & this day's mar_ The supply here was a Veal ............... 4.. (M. to ss. Od tra _ moderate attendance of town ket was moderately S of°U Beasts,T g i o L d Sl : h eC T A' TCTalivEe and country buyers, and the per stone et 81b. to sink the offa Is Id,Beef Mutton 60 • Pigs, 50. A 4 8 Ileasts, 231 ; Sheep, 2,359; Calves, , `mall portion of 3 3 5. 4dl. t0_4 4 3. 6 I the supply left the market unsold pork ............... 4 R 0 MFO RD MARKET. —Oct 5. ----------- s. 'I. to s. d. I. d.t o , d. Reef... Mutton '3 8 4 8 Pork 3ln 4 , Suckling Calves, 18s. to 328. ; Q uar t er o ld Store Pigs, 12s. to 18s, Milch Cows, with their small Calf, 12/. 10s. to ;71. Os. Supply moderate, and trade rather dull. LEWES MARKET.—Oct. 4. Beef Mutton 3 3s 10 Bd 4 . to 4s. 6 d. I Veal Pork 39100d. to 4 4s. 4 6d, A moderate supply; the trade with prime Beef and Mutton rather brisk, but otherwise dull. SMITHFIEL] PRICES PER STONE OF 8L a. d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts 2 0 2 4 Second quality ditto 2 8 3 2 Prime large Oxen 3 4 3 8 Prime Scots, &c. Large coarse Calves 2lO 4 4 Prime small ditto 4 6 5 0 S'ickling Calves (each', ,16 0 33 0 SUPPLY, AS PER CL Beasts. Sheep. 395 6,31 J ) MARKET TO SINK THE OFFALS. s. d tos O. Inferior Sheep ...... 2 4 2 6 Second quality ditto 2 8 3 0 Coarso.woolled ditto 3 4 310 Southdown blethers 4 0 4 4 Large Hogs 3 6 310 ' , rkers " Small Porkers ....... ..... 4 6 5 C I Quarter old Pigs ,each) 1:: u 2U 0 ERIC'S STATEMENT. I Ctl l v o es. 1 pigs PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock, 3 per Cent. Red, 3 per Cent. Cons 88% 98% South Sea Stock ......... ..... 3 3.6 per Cent... jOld Annuities Ditto Red ... New Ditto 86% New 3% per Cent 07% 8 7%813 per Cent. Annuities, 1751... Bank Ne w 3 per Cent !Exch. Bills, £l,OOO — 4 pm. LongAnnuitiestoexpire I Ditto 500 6 5 Pm. Jan. 5, 18,00 -- i Ditto Small Oct. 10, 1850 — 'Ditto Commercial Jan. 5. ieno Jan. 5, 1880... — !Bank Stock for Account April 5, 18 'lndia Stock for Account — Jan. 5, 1870 80 Consols for Acconnt 8870476 Omnium pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds Belgian Bonds Ditto Account.. —l Brazilian Bonds — Ditto Account — Buenos Ayres Bonds — Dittn Account — Chillian Bonds — Ditto Account Columbian Bonds — Ditto Account — Columbian Bonds, l&i4 Ditto Account ....... 2 4 1A% Danish Bends Ditto Account — Greek Bonds Ditto Bonds, 1825 —! Ditto Account —l Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent —l Ditto Account — Ditto, 6 per cent Ditto Account — Neapolitan —, THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Peruvian Bonds Ditto Account Portuguese Bonds 66 Ditto Account Ditto New Bonds 51% 2 114 Ditto Account — Ditto, 3 per cent. 33% 4 3y 4 Prussian Bonds — Russian Bonds, 1822 — Ditto Account — Ditto Metallic — Spanieh Bonds — Ditto Account — Ditto Bonds, 1834 261 5% 61 5% Ditto Account 26 5% 6 1 4 51i French, 5 per —c. 4 per cent. A per cent. f. —c. ---- Exchange f. —c. Dutch, 24 percent. 53N% Ditto Account — Ditto, 5 per cent 100%% Ditto Account — PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Candonga Mining Company 7yi 7 Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Company 5 4% Eastern Counties Railway 1 1%4 Brighton( Rennie's) London and Greenwich Railway Company 2O 23 1 4 % 3 London and Southampton Railway Company 25 2'2 % Northern and Eastern Railway Comp a ny North Midland Railway Company 5 10 Anglo Mexican Mint lO 9 Colonial Bank General Steam Navigation Company Mexican and South American 5 61,4% Arrived. Due. 0 America 0 0 Brazil 0 0 BuenosAyres 0 o Carthagena 0 1 Dublin... 1 Flanders MAILS. .1 Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due 1 France 0 0 Lisbon 0 0 Guarn.&Jersey 1 0 Malta 0 Hamburg 0 0 Mexico 0 0 Holland 0 0 Ostend 0 0 Jamaica 0 0 Sweden 0 0 Leeward Islands 0 I Waterford 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning 14 minutes after 0 I Evening 40 minutes after 0, THE COUNTESS OF BLESSING TON'S NEW NOVEL. This day was published, in post Bvo. price 14s. THE CONFESSIONS of an ELDERLY 1 GENTLEMAN. With Six Plates, from Drawings made expressly for the work, by E. T. Parris ; being Portraits of his Six Loves, beautifully engraved. London : Longman, Rees, Orme, and Co. HAMBURG, SEPT. 28, 1836. n UR Friends, and all th o s e w h o ma y h ave to wr i te kfi to us, are requested to be particular in directing, HEINE BROTHERS, in HAMBURG, and to observe, that a letter with one inclosure doubles the Postage only, but several inclosures would by far increase the same. Thus 101., 201., or 301., for instance, if remitted in One Bank of Eng land Note would only cause double Postage, but 101. remitted in two notes, would be liable to a much higher charge. It is there fore most advisable, for any Person having to remit Money to Ham burgh, to forward the amount in One Note; or having to receive Money from Hamburgh, to receive the same in One Note, when ever possible. Of course remittances from Hamburgh to England, surpassing the usual amount of One Bank of England Note, may rather be made in Bills of Exchange, on London. To save expenses that may as well be avoided, we request our Correspondents not to overlook these particulars. HEINE BROTHERS. The publication of Tun SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 10 minutes past Three o' Clock. , !.,v cI ; N t 75 e + LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 7, 1836. The French Papers of Wednesday, the whole of which we have just received, dwell at great length upon the suspension of friendly relations between France and Switzerland. Upon this fertile subject, the Na tionnel has an article which all commercial men will read with lively interest. The writer commences with a statistical view of the interchange of all commodi ties between France and Switzerland for the last fourteen years ; where he finds the average annual importation from Switzerland to France to be 11,358,645 francs ; whereas the average annual exportation from France to Switzerland is 27,363,854 francs. Without arguing the question of the balance of commerce, he denounces as infamous the perilling the interest of 40,000,000 francs for a miserable quar rel, occasioned by such creatures as MM. MONTE BELLO and THIERS, and the wretch CONSEIL. He goes on to observe, that Switzerland neither draws her raw material nor the manufactures necessary for her own use from France—consequently leaving it to be inferred that in this instance the Republic is indepen dent of the Monarchy. Switzerland draws her raw, and a great portion of her manufactured goods for home consumption, from the ports of England, Belgium, and Holland ; but that her exports to America pass through France. He next goes on to show that if this channel be closed to Switzerland, France will lose a market for thirty-millions of her produce, while Switzerland will lose nothing, as she can open a channel for her goods equally profitable, by joining the German Commer cial League. Prussia, it is true, goads on France in demanding reparation for an insult really offered to the Federal Government by France herself; but the writer doubts whether Prussia has not for her main object the annexation of Switzerland to the Commer cial League. This view of the question he regards as essential to put the Commercialists of France upon their guard. France has threatened Switzerland with a blockade unless a certain reparation is made to her ; such reparation the Diet is justified in indignantly refusing—hence a blockade is inevitable, unless the KING relieve the nation from the anticipated stigma of such a proceeding by the recal of MON TEBELLO. The writer concludes by stating that Switzerland is the main support of the manufacturing towns on the French frontier; that these towns must inevitably fall into decay, if the Government be insane enough to turn into another direction the channels of their prosperity ; that French Rentes are principally held by the Genevese, and the other wealthy inhabi tants of the Federal Union ; and that, upon the whole, as France must limit the redress of her grievances by the principles of international law,—she alone will suffer the penalty which she desires to inflict upon the Republic. We shall be greatly sur prised if this view of the question cool not the ardour of Ministers, and dispose not the KING to accelerate such explanations as may lead to a reconciliation be tween the two Governments. To suppose for an in stant that the Great Powers of Europe would suffer France to coerce the Swiss Federal Government, by brute force, is too ridiculous for the conception of any brain less obtuse than the skull of MONTEBELLO. France, therefore, can hope to gain nothing by threats indicative of an armed hostility. A Ministerial Morning Contemporary, in the habit of paying the closest attention to the affairs of France and Switzerland, has the following observations in a leading article of this mornin g :—" The French Minis try is actuated by two motives : one, a very natural one, to extricate its diplom acy f rom t h e di sgrace at tached to it, and save its honou r by braving opinion, and compelling a feeble state to submit ; the other is to aggravate the original blunder made by M. TRIERS, so as to force the Opposition to attack M. TRIERS and the present Ministry together, and thus to prevent all possibility of THrERs acting with the Opposition, and either to isolate him, or force him to take refuge in the present Ministerial Court." Our Contempo rary has fallen into as many mistakes as he has alleged motives in this extract. The French Government— or rather the KING, for the Ministers are mere ciphers in the affair —may be anxious " to extri cate French diplomacy from the disgrace attached to it" by MoNTEBELLo's blundering ; but neither this anxiety, nor anything which regards M. TRIERS per- sonally, forms any of the motives for the extraordinary conduct hitherto pursued by the French Government in Switzerland. The principal motive is, as we stated yesterday, to be found only in the KING'S desire to divert public attention from the state of affairs in Spain. This diversion of public attention from a point, so exceedingly painful to the King of the FRENCH, promised to be productive of another ad vantage, which has not escaped the vigilance of the Parisian Press. The advantage to which we allude is a more perfect union between France and the Great Northern Powers, particularly Austria and Prussia, which could not fail to dispose the hearts of the Sove reigns of the North to matrimonial alliances with the budding scions of the House of Orleans. The plot was well conceived and admirable concocted, but spoiled in the execution. To suppose that Ministers plunge deeper into the mire, from a certainty that they can drag, or that the Opposition will drive M. THIERS after them, is ridiculous. The Ex-President of the Council is not to be held responsible for the blunder ing incapacity of such diplomatic and Ministerial noodles as MONTEBELLO and MOLE. Six sail of the line is to be our naval force in the Tagus, till after Portugal shall have decided on the subject of the Constitution of 1820, and all fears are at an end relative to the descent of Don MIGUEL on the coast. We have at present five sail in the Tagus, and the sixth has received orders to sail from Falmouth this day. A French naval force of five sail of the line will unite with the British Fleet in the Tagus, to preserve the peace of the country. It has been rumoured that our Government is opposed to the establishment of the Constitution in Portugal. This is not the fact. Our Government will not interfere eitherfor or against the Constitution ; as it very pro perly regards the settling of this question as the exclusive right of the Portuguese nation. Its object is to preserve tranquillity ; to enforce respect to the person of the QUEEN ; to guard against any attempt of Don MIGUEL to profit by the pre sent disturbed aspect of affairs. The Pretender is reported to have escaped from Rome, and no doubt meditates the effecting of another rising in his favour in Portugal. This will be best prevented by the presence of an English and French fleet in the Tagus. Advices from Constantinople to the 15th of Sep tember, have been received. It appears from the pri vate correspondence of a Morning Contemporary, that the Porte has discovered a plot, presumed to be of Russian manufacture, for the simultaneous insurrection of all the Turkish provinces south of the Danube. The plot was discovered by some Bulgarians and Greeks ; and the concoctors of it were proved to be Russian emissaries, who had scattered themselves over Roumelia, inciting the people to revolt. The late manifestations of rebellion in Sherkeny and Berkosska were experiments to ascertain the vigilance of the Go vernment, and the general feeling of the people with respect to it. The main object of Russia in having recourse to such conspiracies at such a time is quite manifest. She had hoped that by fomenting di visions between the Turkish Government and the people, she would be furnished with a plausible pre text for delaying the evacuation of Silistria for some six months longer. Of course, as the warm friend and faithful ally of the Porte, she could not do less than proffer her assistance in restoring tranquillity; and this would of course impose upon her the necessity of retaining Silistria, so as to prevent it from the hazard of occupation by the insurgents. We regret to learn that the CHURCHILL affair is still in abeyance, principally through some strange and unaccountable delay o❑ the part of Lord PALMER STON, to whom it has been referred for final settle ment. This is a great loss to British and Foreign merchants, as it must have the effect of suspending all ordinary intercourse between Lord PONSONBY and the Porte. The British Ambassador occasionally tran sacts business at the office of the REIs EFFENDI, and is always present at the public audiences given by the SULTAN to Foreign diplomatists ; but in the mean time no business is done which can possibly admit of postponement, till the final decision of our Go vernment is known respecting the insult offered to Great Britain in the person of Mr. CHURCHILL. On the 12th Admiral RousslN, the French Am bassador, had an audience of the SULTAN, previous to his return to France. His reception was the most distant from cordial that can be imagined. Neverthe less the Admiral obtained the Order of Merit from the hands of MAxmoup. This greatly surprised those courtiers who were not aware of the fact, that the French Ambassador had declined being presented to the SULTAN, unless his Highness would bestow upon him a similar mark of his favour to that bestowed upon Lord PONSONBY. It :required, however, some weeks reflection to induce the SULTAN to confer such a mark of his regard on the Representative of a Power that had violated faith with him, by entering into an offensive and defensive alliance with his vassal, the Bey of TUNIS. The Ulemas, or Mussulman Priests, are raising a furious cry against the innovation attempted by the SULTAN, in exposing and commanding reverence to be paid to his portraits. A few days before the date of these advices, ABDAURAHMAN EFFENDI, one of the most distinguished for sanctity and a knowledge of the Koran, had the audacity to enter the Chamber of Appeal, where the revered por. trait was suspended, and in the hearing of the Minis. ter, denounced the idolatrous innovation as sufficient to bring down upon the faithful the terrible vengeance of the Prophet. The portrait was removed to another apartment, and the enraged Ulema suffered to de- part in peace. It was, however, well known that the SULTAN would take an early opportunity of making him acquainted with the bow-string. On the 9th, Mr. URQUHART, Secretary of the British Embassy, and author of " England, France, Russia, and Turkey," was presented to PUTEF EF. FENDI, Minister of the Interior. His reception was frank and cordial in the extreme. The British fleet is at Vourla ; the French squadron Ls off the coast of Syria. The Margaret, an English brig, was boarded by Greek Pirates, while lying off the Dardanelles, in the early part of September. The Captain and three of the men were severely wounded, but the crew at last succeeded in driving off their assailants. Acts of piracy are of daily occurrence in these waters, to the great scandal of the Governments of France and England. The Conservatives, very wisely, are enjoying the only pleasure now left them, that is, a good dinner, whenever and wherever they can get one. If it were not for this sensible recreation, which, according to VOLTAIRE, is with the majority the surest safeguard against suicide, we verily believe that one-half the faction would, from very desperation, suspend them selves from their bed-posts. It is a hard thing for a proud, domineerin g party, that for upwards of half a century has monopolized all the power in the State ; that has been KING, Lords, and Cominons—tria juncta in uno—in its own comprehensive person ; that has made war and made peace ; imposed taxes, created sinecures, and manufactured coronets, just as suited its own sovereign will and pleasure, without th e slightest regard to the interests of the country, or the fitness of the objects of its bounty ;—it is, we say, a hard thing for a party that has so long exercised these uncontrolled powers, now to find itself so utterly shorn of all influence that it cannot even make a policeman. Even a good dinner cannot mollify the sharp sting of a grievance like this ; and accordingly we find the Conservatives, at a public dinner got up among them on Wednesday last, at Hereford, giving vent to their regrets for their loss of power, in the same heart-felt strain that the children of Zion bewailed their exile from Jerusalem by the " waters of Babel." Earl So- MERS was specially pathetic on this point. He con sidered that all public virtue had died with the over throw of the Tories ; and that their successors were remarkable for nothing but their unprincipled efforts to destroy " the old established, excellent, and well-tried Constitution of the country." Therefore, his Lord ship intimated, he could not, and would not, accord them his patronage—an appalling intimation, which will, no doubt, blight all the best energies of Ministers. True, the country is their friend ; but what of that? Earl SOMERS is their foe. "He could not conceive," argued the Noble Tory, " that they had any other views than to substitute for the Constitution a more democratic shadow." Surely his Lordship is not going to take fright at a" shadow I" A democratic substance might perhaps justly inspire him with ap prehension; but" a mere democratic shadow"—what is there in that to cause paralysis ? For shame, my Lord ! Stick to " the substantials," as Justice GREEDY would say, and don't worry yourself about shadows. Sir EDWIN STANHOPE, the Chairman of the Hereford dinner, resolved not to be distanced by the Lord Lieutenant in absurdity, matched his dis course on shadows by a still better one on the virtues of the Irish clergy. " Let them look to Ireland," said this brilliant Baronet, " and see how the clergy there had borne the persecutions with which they had been visited." Aye, look—do look—to Ireland, and what will you see there ? In one place a parson loading a double-barreled blunderbuss with his own apostolic hands ; in another, a parson superintending the massacre of dozens of helpless individuals ; in a third, a parson opening a tithe campaign at the head of a regiment of police ; wherever you look, North, South, East, or West, still it is the parson that first catches your eye, the one prominent figure in a land scape dyed by his command, and under his active, personal superintendence, in blood. Is this the mlan guage of exaggeration ? Let Carrickshock and b Rath cormac make answer I If we except these droll escapades of Earl SOMERS and Sir EDWIN STAN HOPE, there was no other absurdity spoken at the Hereford feed worth a moment's attention. Tame, lugubrious commonplace was the character of all the speeches. The constant cry of Yorick's starling was, " I can't get out ;" but the Hereford Conservatives just reversed this, for their cry throughout the evening was, " We can't get in." The Poor Law Amendment Act is now generally allowed to be one of the greatest and most beneficent measures of modern times. Pauperism had advanced, and was advancing, with frightful rapidity, bringing with it a train of evils, which must soon have reduced us to that state in which it would have been impossible to avoid a servile war, when Lord BROUGHAM ap plied the powers of a great mind to the subject, fear lessly grappled with a question which had baffled every other statesman, and defying the clamours of many well-meaning, but weak-minded persons, and the most virulent• abuse ever applied to a public man poured upon him, day after day, by a then leading journal, carried into effect a simple but effectual plan for restoring the poor to that independence and self respect which had been nearly extinguished. Wherever this admirable system has been adopted—and there are but few parts of England to which it has not ex tended—the most sanguine expectations of its friends and advocates have been surpassed by its actual effects. The prejudices that existed in the minds of those who were led away by feelings, amiable in themselves but false in their direction, have grad ua ll y vanished before the incontrovertible evidence of facts —the improved and happier state of the poor—and all the opposition which remains to be encountered is an occasional tirade in the Times, diluted into drivel by our venerable contemporary of Shoe-lane, or the vestry speech of some would-be great man who cannot brook the loss of his parochial importance. We need only refer to an article in another column, headed New Poor Law Act, to show the sentiments which prevail among those who have the best means of judging respecting the working of this excellent law. We are happy to see by the accounts from Lloyd's that the Lord William Bentinck, conveying the 78th Regiment, has safely arrived at Bombay. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The notification, in your paper of last night, on the " Improvement in the Parks," is very pleasing ; and it is to be hoped that the Subs of the Board of Works will place all the lodges the right way, not in the manner the iron posts in front of the Statue at Charing cross are done. Each of those posts has a sort of medal lion casting on two faces of it, of W. R., and some of them are placed inwards and outwards ; oth ers s id eways, thereby contemning uniformity, which, by the bye, is perhaps not intended, only it would look better. Oct. 7, 1836. YOUR CONSTANT READER. INSOLVENT COURT.-(THIS DAY)* Thomas Bridgwood, who described himself as a deals He .f pipe-clay, applied up on hi s pet i t i on to b e discharged. P, was supported by M r . W oo d roo ff e , an d op p o sed by Mr. Coote on behalf of John M ar d en , Ch ar l es W ynne , and other cre ditors. It appeared by the statement of the insolvent, that he bad . been declared a bankrupt in July, 1833, but had not obtaine _ a , his certificate, and si nce then he had been traveller fo r a Staf fordshire-house, and a commission-agent to Marden , the 01); posing creditor. H e was now detained at the suit of Wr for the law-costs of an action of assault brought by the inso , ' vent. The action h a d b een tr i e d at t h e S ta ff o rdshire as and although the insolvent asserted that Wynne was the ag gressor, the Jury found a verdict for the defendant, with one farthing damag es , an d t h e C ourt re f use d to gran t a new tr ial ' because the pl a i n tiff wou ld not consent to w ithdraw a Pr% The insolvent h a d a l so b roug h t anot h er act i on f o r an assault, against a person named Gates, residing in the same neig hbour : hood.—(A laugh.) Th e on l y ot h er debt he had in curred, exclusive of law expenses, was a sum of 471. Mr. CooKE was about to examine a witness who had been. present at the tri a l f or t h e assau l t, to prove t h at the insolve nt was the aggressor, but The CHIEF COMMISSIONER said the Court was satisfied that Tha these debts had not b een i ncurre d t h roug h m i s f or tune. law expenses to which the insolvent had gone were unneces" sary, as it was evident that he never should have brought the action. The case was then adjourned, to afford the insolvent an opportunity of obtaining the consent of three-fourths of Ills creditors. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (THIS DAT.) BOW-STREET. A porter, named William Chambers, was charged before Mr. HALLS with having possession of a box containing Clothes, a pensioner's certificate, &c., under suspicious c ircumstances . _ Police Constabl e F 158, saw the prisoner about tw elv e o'clock last night offering to leave th e box in pledge f" 11 ,,, lodgings for the ni g ht i n a h ouse i n Short's Gardens. Hav al e some suspicion that all was not right, he took him to t he station-house. The prisoner said he was last night in the Crown Pub, li e c i house, St. Giles' s , w h en a woman, a stranger to h i m , to him to carry the box to Titchfield-street. He was abeut„,. do so, and in order to make it more convenient he was Inuil a cord round it. When he had done he was surprised to fie,. the . woman had gone. He went to Titchfield-street, accorhne ing to the directions given him, but nothing was known of t he woman or the box. He thought it would then be safe n " pledged it only for his night's lodgings. The Magistrate remanded the prisoner till enquiry could be made as to the owner of the box. HATTON-GARDEN: of This morning bei ng a pp o i nte d f or disposing of a num b e r summonses on behalf of the parish of St. James's, Clerken: well, Mr. Selby, vestry clerk, appeared before Messrs. line Eß i and BENNETT in supp or t o f numerous cases, the follow i n g which were the most important PARISH OF CLERKENWELL V. THE CHARTERED OAS LIOIII. COMPANY. Mr. Selby, vestry clerk, stated that this was a su mmon s against th e C om p any f or t h e amount of 1501. for rates ve longing to the parish of Clerkenwell. and The Secretary of th e C ompany appeared in defence, , stated that they w ere , an d a l ways had been, perfectly re al) : and willing to pay w h a t s h ou ld b e considered just and lie: to the parish of St. James's ; but he begged also to state tbs i k ever since July 1833, th ere h as b een a negoc i at i on betwee n the parish and th e C ompany f or the purpose of considering what was the just demand ; there had been repeated meetil3ge on the subject, at one of which the Company was rated s e° cording to the value of the pipes ; but since that the Cots' pany have as cer t a i ne d t h at they were rated according to t he value of the ground, and he wished, on the part of the Co°l - to ascertain how that was. Mr. Selby, in answer, said that some time ago the parish summoned the New River Company for the non-payment of similar rate, which was decided in favour of the parish, again! t which decision the New River Company appealed; 11 1 )° " which it was agreed that a case should be laid before the Court of King's Bench, and this Gas Company agreed t° abide by the decision of that Court, the two cases being analagous. Upon that case coming on, the Court confirmed the decision of the Magistrates, but now the Gas Company re" fused the payment on the ground of an overcharge in the rate. and contended that th e ra t e , i nstea d of being 1501., ought no t to amount to nrore than 1201. Mr. ROGERS said that was a matter with which the Magis trates had nothing to do ; he considered that the Gas Com pany were bound to pay t h e 1501., but they might aPP e ''' against his decision if they thought fit. The Secretary considered it a very unjust demand, but sai d that if they were compelled to pay, of course they must do 5_,,.°6 but at the same time h e b egge d to b e understood, on bah' of the Company, as protesting against the claim altogether. Several other cases were then disposed of, and the parties left the Office. IMPUDENT ROBBERY.—Hannah Tudor was placed at a n bar before Mr. ROGERS, charged with stealing a sovereign' under the following circumstances : Mr. Henry Gosbell, a stationer, residing in High Holborn, stated that the prisoner was repeatedly employed by him as a charwoman, and yesterday, a lady who was dining at his hous? missed a sovereign out of her bag, and he, suspecting the Po' soner, who was in the house, of stealing it, gave her into cus tody, and the sovereign was found upon her. He caused the prisoner's lodgings to be searched, and in her box was dis covered a quantity o f va l ua bl e property belonging to him, su ch as pocket-b oo k s , & c., and also a considerable quantity of other property, belonging to her landlord. The prisoner, who said nothing in her defence, was re manded until Wednesday next. THE FUNDS.---(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWEL VE O' CL CK. Our arrivals this morning are the French, Ostend, and Dutch mails ; and ship letters from Newfoundland, Quebec, and Barbadoes. Calcutta and Bombay accounts have been received a week later than the previous advices. We do not hear of any news of importance by these arrivals. THE FUNDS. Consols, which closed yesterday at 88i 89 for the Account, opened at 88+ 89 for Money, and 89+ for the Account, with little doing; Exchequer Bills, 1 dis., par; India Bonds, 8 10 ; Bank Stock, 208+ 2091 ; India Stock, 255. In the Foreign Market there is little doing. Spanish Active, which closed at 26+, may be quoted at that price; Passive, 8+ ; Deferred, 11+; Portuguese closed at 50 4 , 1 51+, are 50+ 511; Three per Cents., 33 34; Colombian, 24+ ; Mexican, 241; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 53+ It is understood that the English and French Governments are about to augment their naval forces at Lisbon. The British force is to be six sail of the line ; the French the same number. We may infer from this that something of impor tance is expected to take place in Portugal. .HALF-PAST ONE. Consols may be quoted at 881 for Money ; 884 + for the Account. They are not so good as in the early part of the morning, when they were 89 to 89+. Exchequer Bills, I+, par ; ditto, 2nd, 5 prem. ; India Bonds, 9 7 ; India Stock, 255+ ; Bank Stock, 202. In the Foreign Market little doing. Spanish Active, 254 ; they have been at 26+ ; Passive, 74; Deferred, 101-, ; Por tuguese, which were 52 are 51+ ; 3 per Cents., 33f ; Co lumbian, 24+ s ; Dutch, 531 1. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for the A.esount, 884 i• CANINE SAGACITY.—On Wednesday night, be tween eight and nine o'clock, a labouring man was returning from Croydon fair to Streatham. His attention was called to a dog, which used all means to insinuate itself into his favour. Imagining the animal had strayed, he allowed it to follow him • but on his reaching the corner o f a b ye -l ane , t h e d og would not allow him to proceed farther. He followed the dog up the lane about 100 yards, where he found a person (who proved to be a most respectable market-gardener in the neigh bourhood), in a dreadful state of stupefaction. He conveyed him directly to the Crown ; but it was not before yesterday we were enabled to elicit the following :—lt appears he had gone to Croydon to receive 151., and having executed his mission, went to a public-house for some refreshment, where he met (to all appearance) a respectable man and his wife. Being highly delighted with their conversation, he had some brandy-and-water (in which some deleterious drug roast have been mixed) with them. At five o'clock he proceeded home wards, his new acquaintances, for palpable reasons, going the same way. Before they had got far from the town, the man suddenly recollected he had forgot something, and said he should overtake them. The female enticed him up the lane, where he speedily became so stupified as not to be conscious what transpired. On searching his pockets, he found she had taken his watch, and a purse, containing a sovereign and some silver. Luckily, he had deposited a to/. and a 5/. note in a pocket in his drawers, where she did not think of looking. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, OCT. s.—W e have had a fair demand for Cotton to-day. Sales 3,000 bags, without change in prices. - SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) (FROM LLOYD'S.) DEAL, OCT. 6.—Wind E. S.E.—Arrived the Maltlin, tl transport from Leith, and remains in the Downs. Sailed 1119 Majesty's Ship Athol, and the whole of the outward boll for th e i r diff erent destinations. Arrived from the Ri ver , an proceeded, the Dryade, Heard, for the Cape and the MOP; tius ; P r i nce, B retell, for the Mauritius ; Emma, Haddon, L° Memel, and Elizabeth Saunders, Blair, for Liverpool. ira PORTSMOUTH, O CT . 6.—Wind S.E. to N. E.—Sailed PI" Majesty's Ship, Scorpion, for Plymouth, and Grotius, Pag e ' for New O r l eans. Arrived from Sheerness His Maies*' -- schooner Dolphin, for the coast of Africa. PLYMOUT H , O CT . s. — Wi n d N. E.—Arrived His Yrajesq.. ships Bellerophon, Vanguard, Emerald ; his Majesty's bri N Beagle, from a cruise; Charlotte, Lefevre, for Labrador, an his Majesty's ship Hercules sailed for the coast of Spain. FALMOUTH, OCT. s.—Wind S. S. W. to W. S.W., 111 °" e• rate.—Arrived the Howard, Bailey, from Liverpool, loll; and part of the car go t h rown overboard. Sailed the Packe Lyra, for Lisbon. BRISTOL ' OCT. 6.—A rr i ve d t h e Elizabeth, Toigt, f i b'' Newfoundland. BEECHLY, OCT. 6.—Arrived the St. Mungo, Griffiths, fro'' St. John's, New Brunswick. CLYDE, OCT. 4.—Ar r i ve d t h e C atherine, Hyman, Jous t" Conic, OCT. 4.—Ar r i ve d t h e W illiams, Williams, from John's, New Brunswi c k ; an d Judith and Esther, ---• f r° 0 Newfoundland. KINSALE, OCT. 4.—Off port the Amelia, Dick, Jamaic a ' o BASCASTLE, OCT. 4.—lt is feared that a steamer has be e s lost in this ch anne l, as much wreck has been driven on 11 12() T ; amongst which is a gaff, about 14 feet long, painted black, w.l be pieces of li nen -d rapery, b oxes quite new, marked on one o f t o covers " Cork, p er St eamer ," an d a piece of wood, supposed to be part of a paddle-box. N ARRIVAL OF THE LORD WILLIA M BE NTI C IC. • ,* Intelli gence was rece i ved at Lloyd's this morning of the ;f rival of th e L or d Willi am Bentink at Bombay on the 15t " June, from Sydney —crew and passengers all well. The Howden, of Goole, was wrecked on Long Sand.--Is l4 of the cargo saved. The London, -, from Lim er i c k, h as arr i ve d a t the R i p e r St. Laurence, with foremast sprung. ith The Percy, for Honduras, has arrived at Matandy I v ., damages, ha v i ng b een on shore, and must discharge to repal Last week, Mrs. Seymour, of Trevince maiden lady, of 86 years of age, was burnt to death as she sa 0 in her parlonr. It is remarkable that apprehensions bad bee n entertained that such would be her fate as she had twice :a fore set fire to her clothes whilst reading, and a servant W . retained to be always with her to guard against such a a re ,„ - ful event. This domestic had not been out of the r° ° ,i3 i i quarter of an hour, when returning with the footman i v found their mi s t ress ' s c l ot h es on f i re, h er person dreado,' burnt, and in a state of suffocation from which she neve r : re covered. Though the mania f o r J o int-stock C ompan i e s r.; 039 ; terially decre ase d, th ere are s till a goo d many of theses ekew. in progress o f f ormat i on . O ne striking difference is., that stead of being besieged by applications for shares, brit few are applied for by men of property, and the concoctor3 of them o i compelled to resort to various devices to have. 'them tak en it t their hands. A curiosity in this way has 1).e . .1 handed ak ° o to-day in the City. A member of the stock Exchang e 'L ie had never applied for shares at all, rece i ved a note from secretary of a particular undertaking to state that he could 1 ! .. ° . hold any in his own person, as th e y were all reserve d f o r a P' ticular class—the members of the legal profession ; but st gested his finding out some friend who belonged to it, in win k.. name the shares might be placed for his advantage ole o ing a rule for the distribution of shares, and then p o inting ° v. a mode of breaking through it. In this state of things OP• comfort is that no great harm to the ar ise public undertakings.-- Times. can i se from It appears by the accounts from the South of Ire" landthat operati ons are carrying on with increased vi r o u r . by O'Connell's Bank, and that the end in view is the e xcl . ils' ° from circulation of the paper of other banks, and the sub st it c ti ; tion of th e i r own. As the priests generally lend their as oi stall s di freely f or t hi s purpose, and the paper itself is in go( it cr l a s . there, it i s gradually attaining to a larger share in tilt s cite he r don. The pl an i s to i n d uce th e h o ld ers o f t h e no te of ( A n j banks to exchange them for those of O'Connell's Baal; st then to send them in immediately to be exchanged for go er the ba n k f rom w h ence t h ey were i ssue d. Th e ne joessarY the sequence of this is, to produce some iemand for go ld O ho , part of those banks which arc thus run upon. At , present , lly ever, it has not g one on t o an extent lik e ly to be, total. felt here.— Times.